David Perry
Lecturer
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Shanghai University
China
Biography
David Perry is a Lecturer in the Writing Program. Prior to joining NYU Shanghai, David taught at the NYU Global Academic Center and in the NYU Liberal Studies Core Program, as well as at the University of Iowa, St. John’s University, the Kansas City Art Institute, and the University of Missouri–Kansas City. He holds an MFA from the University of Iowa in Literary Translation and a BA in English and German from Truman State University. He has published poems, translations, and critical writings on contemporary poetry and art in a range of publications. His first collection of poems, Range Finder, was published in 2003 by Adventures in Poetry, and his most recent collection, Expat Taxes, was published in 2016 by Seaweed Salad Editions/French [Concession] Press. A chapbook publication of his translation of Han Bo's China Eastern Railway is forthcoming in the fall of 2017. He is also the founder and lead curator of the NYU Shanghai Literary Reading Series.
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